Phil rucker of the Washington Post, they interviewed trump at maralago back in march for their book i alone can fix it. And here is what trump told them about the day his supporters laid siege to and desecrated the capitol. And again, in an effort to overturn the election, which of Course Led to trump being impeached for a second time. And it was a loving crowd, too, by the way. Ive heard that from a lot of people have told me that was a loving crowd. And, you know, it was it was too bad that they did that. The Capitol Police were very friendly. You know, they were hugging and kissing. You dont see that. Personally what i wanted is what they wanted. They showed up just to show support because i happen to believe the election was rigged at a level like nothing has ever been rigged before. So loving crowd. And now theres been a melt down of sorts over this bipartisan effort to investigate that insurrection, The One where Capitol Police definitely were not being hugged and kissed. The one
sending all of those wedding invitations. pardon everyone from himself to his administration officials to joe exotic if he has to because you see from the radical left a blood lust that will only be quenched if they come after the people who worked so hard to animate the trump administration with the policies and the vigor and the effectiveness that delivered for the american people. yeah. so i think the president ought to wield that pardon power effectively and robustly. yeah. snl just got more material for this weekend s show. that was republican congressman matt gaetz in november of last year, saying then president trump should pardon just about everyone. well, this morning there s new reporting that gaetz wanted one of those pardons for himself. you know, we ll get to that in a second. willie, you know, i m not prone to overstatement when it comes to sports, but we had another great night in sports last night. and again, not i m not saying that i hear thin
i m ayman mohyeldin. let s get started. so there s no doubt about it. thanksgiving a is a great time to look back and take stock of where we are and where we have been. as the new york times s michelle goldberg discussed with us, it s tempting to give into a feeling of despair about the headlines surrounding covid, the economy, even the future of our democracy. but if you stop and remember what things were like this time last year, you gain a different perspective of where we are today. president biden spoke about this recently. watch. this thanksgiving we re all in a very different circumstance. things are a hell of a lot better. as bad as things are in terms of prices hurting families now, trade this thanksgiving for last thanksgiving. so it is a good question, stop and think about it for a moment. would you trade this thanksgiving for last thanksgiving? ahead of thanksgiving last year, the average number of new covid cases was more than double this year s number, a
let s get started. so there s no doubt about it. thanksgiving a is a great time to look back and take stock of where we are and where we have been. as the new york times s michelle goldberg discussed with us, it s tempting to give into a feeling of despair about the headlines surrounding covid, the economy, even the future of our democracy. but if you stop and remember what things were like this time last year, you gain a different perspective of where we are today. president biden spoke about this recently. watch. this thanksgiving we re all in a very different circumstance. things are a hell of a lot better. as bad as things are in terms of prices hurting families now, trade this thanksgiving for last thanksgiving. so it is a good question, stop and think about it for a moment. would you trade this thanksgiving for last thanksgiving? ahead of thanksgiving last year, the average number of new covid cases was more than double this year s number, and deaths were 65% hi
response to fears about the variant. the u.s. and other nations hope that restricting travel from south africa and its neighbors will buy time, as scientists race to learn more about this new variant. cnn s arlette saenz joins me from nantucket, massachusetts, where president biden is spending the weekend. an e.r. doctor i spoke to said we just need to require vaccination for air travel at this point. what do you think? do you think the white house is in any mood for those kinds of restrictions? reporter: well, president biden actually ignored a question kind of along those lines a short while ago while he was out shopping here in nantucket. a reporter on a few occasions shouted a question asking whether more mitigation measures needed to be put in place in response to this variant. the president just kept walking by and did not offer his thoughts on there right there. but the president was briefed earlier in the day by his team, and senior health officials within the biden